A quotation from Kelly Greenwood
The one requirement for a really satisfying fit of hysterics is a sympathetic audience.Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher No. 13, The Castlemaine Murders, ch. 2 (2003)
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The flabbergastingly-incompetent "We're voluntarily dismissing our appeal of this dog of a case." / "No we're not" duelling motions from the US DoJ kindergarten theatre of yesterday and today just *screams* of the following sequence of events:
1. Senior DoJ attorneys trying to formulate the appeal of the loss in the original case (which, as you'll recall, is about Trump illegally and arbitrarily punishing law firms he doesn't like) know they have an impossible task - there's nothing they can say that will justify the appeal in a legal sense.
2. They write it up as "We should drop the case" and send it up the chain.
3. A manager/supervisor/<title>-in-charge approves it.
4. It slides by Bondi's desk without notice. She's busy screaming about the Dow-Jones anyways.
5. They file the motion.
6. It gets coverage on TV news, including Fox.
7. Trump sees this, picks up the phone and screams at Bondi demanding the punishment continue.
8. You Are Here.
This really is the #stupidest #timeline.
#USPol #Trump #Bondi #PamBondi #DoJ #justice #USA #attorney #LawFirm #NoCase #FauxNews #tantrum #MangoMussolini #incompetent #incompetence
Fuckwit #trump throws yet another #tantrum
#republican
#republicanBrand
#republicans
#gop
#GOPisGARBAGE
"Trump threatens ‘more powerful and obnoxious’ tariffs, amid confusion in UK and EU; Wall Street drops"
Remind the #ignorant fools who vote #republican #gop that #trump #tantrum #tariffs are paid by #Americans
#republicans in #congress could stop Trump, but they won't
#Vote them OUT
The “California Billionaire Tax Act”,
often referred to simply as the #billionaire #tax,
is a proposalthat would require any California resident worth more than $1bn to pay a
one-off, 5% tax on their assets to help cover education, food assistance and healthcare programs in the state.
It’s sponsored by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West,
and if it receives enough signatures from California voters, it will go to the ballot in November.
When the proposal was put forward at the end of last year,
many among tech’s billionaire elite threw a #tantrum.
Some opened offices or bought mansions in Florida or Texas,
vowing to leave California for good.
The fleeing rich included Palantir co-founder Peter #Thiel,
whose current net worth is $25bn;
Google co-founders Larry #Page and Sergey #Brin,
worth around $255bn and $240bn respectively;
and Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, David #Sacks,
whose net worth is not publicly known.
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta CEO
Mark #Zuckerberg,
worth $229bn, has also bought a property in south Florida valued between $150 and $200m.
Thiel has additionally led the charge in donating to a lobbying group, the "California Business Roundtable",
which has pledged to fight the wealth tax.
The Palantir co-founder handed over $3m to the political action committee in late December.
Other major donors include realtors, entrepreneurs and private equity firms.
James #Siminoff, who founded the camera-embedded Ring doorbell company, also donated $100,000, according to public records.
“The most powerful money in politics is to be on the no-side of a ballot measure,” said #McCuan.
“You can even pre-empt something getting to the ballot, like a billionaire’s tax,
by explaining to everyone out there that this is a bad idea for economic growth.”
Tech investors and venture capitalists have been extremely vocal in their opposition to the tax,
saying that the state will lose revenue as billionaires flee and it will hurt the state’s ability to be economically competitive.
Just this week, Chamath #Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and current venture capital investor, wrote
“the loss of this tax revenue was totally avoidable but is now forever”.
#Balaji #Srinivasan, an investor and former chief technology officer of Coinbase, wrote,
“the most successful tech founders of all time have now exited the failed state of California”.
Adding on, Paul #Graham, the co-founder of seed capital firm Y Combinator, wrote:
“It’s important that people like Zuck and Larry Page are willing to move in response to the proposed wealth tax.
It shows politicians what will happen if they try things like this.”
Joining the billionaires, #Newsom has pledged to fight the tax, saying it will “drive a race to the bottom” and stifle innovation as the ultra-wealthy leave.
“This will be defeated – there’s no question in my mind,” Newsom told the New York Times in January.
“I’ll do what I have to do to protect the state.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/15/california-billionaires-state-elections
#Trump's latest diarrhea "truth" about the Gordie Howe #bridge, and how he wants to block its opening until (paraphrasing) he owns half of it and (literal quote) “the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, #Canada treats the United States with the #Fairness and #Respect that we deserve” can have only one response:
"Fuck you, Donnie."
If the #Canadian government negotiates with the #USA over this... if we even dignify it with a response, as if it was a reasonable concern ... if we, as a country, do *anything* that even hints at his #tantrum being any kind of #reasonable argument, then we have failed.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
#Bullies don't understand anything except pushback, and when they get that, they fold.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
That should be our position on every demand he makes and every overwrought complaint he vomits out into the #MAGAsphere.
T: "Canada's treated us badly."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Canada better keep buying the #F35 or they'll regret it!"
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Doing business with #China, we're not going to allow that."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Canada's going to have to cooperate with us on my fabulous Golden Dome."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "I'm going to #tariff Canada!"
"Fuck you, Donnie."
He's going to do what he's going to do. He can't be reasoned with, he won't honour his own word so you can't trust any "deal" with him.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
#Trump scolds #CNN reporter #KaitlanCollins for not smiling as she asks about #survivors of #Epstein's #abuse.
Frustrated by her persistence in asking questions about #JeffreyEpstein during an #OvalOffice event he wanted to use to promote himself and his party, Trump #scolded the CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins for supposedly #notSmilingenough in his presence.
The exchange began with Collins pointing out that Trump’s attempt to frame the disclosures in the latest batch of Epstein files as damning only for Democrats by pointing out that they also revealed that #Epstein had #closeties to two of his allies, #ElonMusk and #HowardLutnick, his commerce secretary.
Trump shrugged dismissively as Collins mentioned Musk and Lutnick and said that while he had not read their friendly emails with Epstein, the late #sexoffender he was also friends with for 17 years. “I’m sure they’re fine,” Trump said, “otherwise there would’ve been major headlines.” There were, in fact, headlines about the revelations that Musk and Lutnick were closer to Epstein than they had previously stated.
When Collins noted that “a lot of women who are survivors of Epstein are unhappy with” the way the #justicedepartment #redacted the documents, including, “entire witness interviews are totally blacked out”, Trump attempted to end the discussion by saying: “I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else, now that nothing came out about me”.
The president then suggested that there was “a conspiracy against me”, in reference to a previously disclosed email exchange in which the author Michael Wolff had urged Epstein to “help finish” Trump’s 2016 campaign by coming forward after the #AccessHollywood recording of Trump’s claim that he liked to grab women by their genitals was published. Epstein, however, did not agree to do that, so there was no conspiracy.
When Trump tried to end the exchange by repeating, “I think it’s time, now, for the country maybe to get on to something else”, Collins asked: “But what would you say to people who feel they haven’t gotten justice, Mr President?”
“What did you say?” an irritated Trump shot back. He then #launched into a #personalattack on Collins, a former reporter for the conservative Daily Caller who he has repeatedly vented anger at during both of his terms in office.
“What would say to people the #survivors who feel that they haven’t gotten justice?” Collins asked.
“You know, you are the worst reporter,” Trump said disdainfully. “You know, she’s a young woman,” Trump said to the #Republican lawmakers arrayed around his desk. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile,” he said, turning back to Collins. “
“I’ve known you for ten years. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smile on your face,” Trump said bitterly.
“Well,” Collins interjected, “I’m asking you about survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, Mr President.”
Ignoring her reply, Trump continued his rant: “You know why you’re not smiling? Because you know you’re not telling the truth. And you’re a very dishonest organization, and they should be ashamed of you.”
“These are survivors of a sexual abuser” Collins replied.
Trump then ended the exchange by turning to another reporter who obliged by changing the subject away from Epstein, the notorious pedophile the future president called “a lot of fun to be with” at the height of his abuse. “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side,” Trump said of his friend in 2002.
Trump’s aides were so proud of the #tantrum he threw at Collins on Tuesday that they immediately clipped video of the exchange and posted it on an official White House social media account with a caption suggesting he had “nuked” her.
In 2020, Trump memorably stormed out of a news conference when Collins refused to help him take the floor away from another reporter Trump had cut off for asking what he called “a nasty question”.
#TrumpRegime #TrumpEpstein #CriminalPresident #uspol #MentalDecline #auspol
So, all the folks who scoffed at "special snowflakes" who needed "participation trophies"...
...ended up electing the biggest snowflake in history who needs the world's biggest participation trophy to keep from blowing up the Earth.
If we survive this, there are two things we should learn as a species:
1. Tell your kids "no" early and often.
2. If you want to keep a democracy, you must provide free, effective education for EVERYONE who will be eligible to vote. Don't allow populist demagogues to take over your nation because a plurality of voters were too stupid to see through the lies.
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